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Document number: 119
Date:
Recipient: TALBOT William Henry Fox
Author: CHILDREN John George
Collection: British Library, London, Manuscripts - Fox Talbot Collection
Last updated: 6th December 2012

My dear Sir,

My friend Mr. Daniell <1> will be happy to shew us his Battery on Monday at 12 – at which hour I will meet you at the Kings’ College–

Yrs very truly
John Geo. Children

H Fox Talbot Esq

Notes:

1. John Frederick Daniell, FRS (1790–1845), inventor of the constant battery (known as Daniell’s battery) for which he was awarded the Copley medal by the Royal Society in 1836. [See Doc. No: 04320].

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